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"Kev" wrote:
David Boothroyd wrote:
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"M J Forbes" wrote:
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There does seem to be a modern fashion for removing all traces of
areas where bad things have happened. It's really quite irrational.
No-one thought of demolishing Rillington Place after the murders
there.

I thought they got rid of Rillington Place completely and replaced it
with
Bartle Street (or something similar).

It was renamed "Ruston Close" because of the infamy, but not demolished.
The landlord of no. 10 used to organise sight-seeing trips. The
demolition only happened because of the construction of the Westway
in 1971.

Actually that reminds me - a friend of mine actually owned the house
in the East End in which Israel Lipski poisoned (or didn't poison, as
his conviction is disputed) his wife.

I think the mania for getting rid of notorious places began with the
Moors Murders when 16 Wardle Brook Avenue was demolished.

They demolished Fred West's house.

They had to practically demolish it to investigate the crimes though,
and it did have the useful consequence of opening up a quick route
through to Gloucester city centre.

The gym in which the Dunblane massacre happened was demolished. But
the house in Gloucester Road and the shed in Crawley where Acid Bath
killer John Haigh worked are still there, the house in Dalton Square
where Buck Ruxton murdered his wife and servant is still there,
and Hilldrop Crescent where Dr Crippen murdered his wife was only
demolished courtesy of the Luftwaffe in 1941.

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